Wedding turns
into mourning
Woman electrocutedLudhiana, May 21A wedding turned into mourning for a Prem Nagar family when their 26-year-old married daughter Manju was electrocuted this evening.

WATER, SEWERAGE CESS HIKE
SAD-BJP men stage dharnaLudhiana, May 21The BJP-SAD combine today staged a dharna at the
Municipal Corporation headquarters in a bid to intensify the mass
agitation against the government’s decision to increase water and
sewerage charges and tuition fee for higher education in the state.

Ludhiana, May 21It is 44°C outside and the city is without water and power. That is how a number of Ludhianvis have started to learn to live. As the mercury starts soaring, the supply of water and electricity to various areas of the city seems to decline.

With the mercury going up, umbrellas have come out in Ludhiana and people are trying to shield themselves from the
scorching sunlight. — Photo Pradeep Tewari

Charging fee without taking responsibilityLudhiana, May 21Think before you park your vehicle at a parking lot in the city. When you pocket a receipt issued by the parking lot owner, don’t think that your vehicle is safe.Sounds strange but it is true. The parking lot owners only charge parking fee and have no responsibility of the vehicle. And in case of theft of the vehicle he will compensate you for only half or even one-fourth price of the vehicle.

Govt employees observe strikeLudhiana, May 21In response to a call given by the left parties, employees in the banking, telecommunication and insurance sectors and various government departments, boards and corporations observed a complete strike here today to register their protest against privatisation, liberalisation and other such measures.

Gold bricks: Customs take over caseLudhiana, May 21The row caused by the discovery of some gold bricks from near the rail tracks close to Gurdwara Dukhniwaran about two weeks ago is refusing to die down. The Customs men have, now stepped in to take over the case, as the gold bricks had ostensibly been smuggled into the country.

TRIBUNE SURVEY
Field Gunj — city’s fire prone synthetic centreLudhiana, May 21A number of wholesale outlets of synthetic goods have come up in the Field Gunj area over the past few years. These synthetic goods are not just combustible but highly inflammable as well.

People exhorted to pay taxes honestlyLudhiana, May 21“If income tax returns are honestly filed by the public and due tax paid, there will be no need of surveys, searches and seizures by the Income Tax Department,” said Mr Sudhakar Verma, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, while addressing members of the Regional Direct Tax Advisory Committee (RDTAC) at Aaykar Bhavan here on Tuesday.

Garg Taxation Bar presidentLudhiana, May 21In a keenly contested election for the post of President of the District Taxation Bar Association (Sales Tax), Mr P.C. Garg has been elected for the year 2003-2004. He defeated his nearest rival with a margin of 90 votes. Mr Garg secured 162 votes, while Mr Mohinder Grover got 72 votes.

DSGMC holds samagam
Ludhiana, May 21To bring the apostate back into the Sikh fold and counter the rampant drug abuse among the youth, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee
(DSGMC) held a gurmat samagam at Dholanwal village today.

Bonding with bindingMore of print-work is done at Jalandhar than anywhere else in our region. Many publishers and printers are well-known. Mostly, familiar to the student community. But do we, know the same of the book-binders? Their sweat is essence of pure labour.

Mosquito
menace in villageSahnewal, May 21Mosquito menace has added to the woes of the villagers of
Jugiana, who have no alternative, but to bear the wrath of the neglect
that the Municipal authorities are showering on them.

Lok
Bhalai Party to contest panchayat pollLudhiana, May 21Mr Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, president of the Lok Bhalai Party and former Union minister, yesterday said that his party would fight the coming panchayat elections in Punjab.

5 booked on dowry chargeKhanna, May 21The Khanna police has booked five persons, including two women, on the charge of keeping a woman in illegal confinement and demanding dowry from her.
Parmjit Kaur of Guru Teg Bahadar Nagar at Khanna had lodged an FIR against her father-in-law, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law and husband, in which, she had said that she had married Manmohan Singh in 1997 at Khanna.

Release
GPF contribution, PAUTA urges Punjab GovtLudhiana, May 21The PAU Teachers Association has appealed to the
state government to release additional grants so that the university
could credit the dues to their CPC / GPF contribution accounts.

Hundreds take CETLudhiana, May 21“Chemistry and physics papers were all right, but mathematics was
lengthy. We did not find time to solve all problems,” said Sohila from Pathankot, Neha from Una, Amarpreet from Amritsar, Anubhav from Ludhiana, Nishu Chhabra from Ferozepore and several other students.

College alumni plan its beautificationLudhiana, May 21All alumni are not thankless; at least that is what a group of students of Government College for Boys here wants to prove.Gathered under the banner of the Commerce Alumni Association, the group has offered to undertake the beautification of the entrance of the institution.

SGPC institutes to have
education directorateAmloh, May 21The present system of education has failed to provide equal opportunities, specially to those from the rural areas. The SGPC has decided to open a residential academy to prepare such students for competitive examinations at Kalgidar Niwas in Chandigarh.

Kashish, Shruti bag
TT titlesLudhiana, May 21 Kashish Jain and Shruti annexed titles in boys and girls sections, respectively, in the Inter-class Table Tennis Tournament at the Alpine International Senior Secondary School, Civil Lines, held here yesterday. More than 30 paddlers took part in the meet. Ms Rajeshwari Dhir, Principal of the school, gave away prizes to the winners.

Bajwa
re-elected DFA presidentLudhiana, May 21Mr Shivtar Singh Bajwa was unanimously re-elected the President of the District Football Association, Ludhiana, during the general house meeting of the association held at National Public Senior Secondary School, Jammu Colony here today.